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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BOARD OF MANAGERS 



OP THE 



ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS 



FOR THE 



AID AND MiWm W THE F REEDMEI 



WITH A LIST OF 



OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1865. 



Pn IL AD ELP HIA: 

M E R R I H E W & SON, PRINTERS, 
No. 243 Arch Street, below Third Street. 
1865. 



OFFICERS 



CLERKS, 

WILLIAM M. LEVICK, 
EDITH W. ATLEE. 

TREASURER, 

MACPHERSON SAUNDERS. 






BOARD OF MANAQERS. 



James Mott, 

DlLLWYN PaRRISH, 

Macpherson Saunders, 
John Wilson Moore, 
SrENCER Roberts, 
William Dorsey, 
Henry M. Laing, 
Jacob M. Ellis, 
Joseph Powell, 
Joseph M. Truman, Jr., 
Nathan W. Ellis, 
Franklin S. Wilson, 
Edward Parrish, 
George W. Robins, 
Thomas Garrigues, 
Samuel H. Gartley, 
Edmund Webster, 
William M. Levick. 



Lucretia Mott, 
Rachel T. Jackson, 
Deborah F. Wharton, 
Rachel W. Moore, 
Louisa J. Roberts, 
Margaret A. Griscom, 
Harriet E. Stockly, 
Rachel M. Biddle, 
Anne Shoemaker, 
Helen G. Longstreth, 
Lydia Gillingham, 
Margaret S. Paerish, 
Martha Dodgson, 
Mary P. Wilson, 
Edith W. Atlee. 
W. Canby Biddle, Rec Sec'y. 
Sarah W. Barker, 

Correspondinff Sec'y. 



Gil 



HEP OUT. 



We deem it needless at this time to elaborate an argument 
to convince of the necessity for earnest, unfaltering service in 
the ever-enlarging field into which we have entered. It is suflB- 
cient only " to lift up our eyes and look upon the fields " that 
we may know they "are ripe already to harvest," and therefore, 
the call for laborers is pressing and imperative. 

Being desirous that this ofi"ering of our gleanings should give 
the receiver a clear understanding of our work during the past 
year, a repetition of former publications has been unavoidable. 

Impressed with the immediate need of attention to the welfare 
of the colored people in our country liberated from bondage, a 
large company gathered in Friends' Meeting House on Race St., 
First month 6th, 1864, and organized " Friends' Association for 
the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen," adopted a Constitution, 
appointed a Finance Committee, and an Executive Board which 
has met twice in each month during most of the year. 

At their meeting First month 12th, 1864, an Address, solicit- 
ing the co-operation of the members of Philadelphia Yearly Meet- 
ing of Friends was read, approved and referred to a committee for 
circulation, with a desire that it should be read in Monthly and 
other meetings. 

The response to this appeal gave encouragement to believe that 
the continued aid of Friends would be freely given in the work 
before us, and, therefore, with renewed earnestness, we made 
preparations to hear the cries of the needy, and, according to 
our means and ability, to endeavor to relieve their sufferings. 

A committee was formed for the judicious distribution of sup- 
plies at a meeting of the Executive Board, First month 6th, and, 
at the same time, a proposition was introduced to send teachers 



among the freed people, whicli was considered and referred to 
the Association, recommending the appointment of an Educa- 
tional Committee to unite with one from the Board. This was 
approved at the next meeting, and the Committee then appointed 
continued to act until the Association decided to entrust this in- 
teresting and important portion of service to the committee of 
the Executive Board. 

With the view of ascertaining the appropriate field for opera- 
tion, the Executive Board, in the Second month, requested the 
Corresponding Secretary to communicate with agents and other 
persons in portions of the Southern States where the freed peo- 
ple had collected, enquiring concerning their condition ; and, in 
the Fourth month, our friends, H. W. Ridgway and Josiah 
Wilson, were sent to visit accessible localities in Gen. Butler's 
department. 

The information gained from these sources induced the conclu- 
sion to concentrate our labors in the neighborhood of Washing- 
ton. 

At the meeting of the Association in the Fifth month, a Re- 
port of the transactions of the Executive Board up to that time 
was read and directed to be published. The information was 
therein contained that Sarah Ann Cadwallader had been sta- 
tioned as a teacher at a camp ten miles from Alexandria, Va. 
Good results are apparent from her labors, and the school is still 
sustained, although she has been removed to another locality. 

In the Sixth month, Harriet E, Stockly presented a report 
of a visit of examination to the camps near Washington, and her 
description of Camps Wadsworth and Rucker, as here given, 
induced the appointment of Lydia T. Atkinson as teacher at 
Camp Wadsworth. 

" Camp Wadsworth. — Superintendent, Philip Fowler ; Farmer, Eph- 
raim Plowman. One hundred and seventy Freedmen. Five hundred 
acres under cultivation, worked by about sixty persons. 

" On this farm some children of only eleven years of age are put to 
daily labor in direct violation of Government regulations, which require 
that they be sent to school till they are fourteen. The people work ten 
hours a day. The farm looks well, and it is supposed thirty bushels of 
wheat and fifty bushels of rye will be raised to the acre. The Freedmen 
occupy two houses three-quarters of a mile apart. There are only three 



or four cabins and six acres appropriated to them ; but the farmer pro- 
mises to make a different arrangement. 

"Camp Rucker. — Superintendent, Thilip Fowler; Farmer, Oliver 
Beesley ; Teacher, Sarah Ann Cadwalladcr. Eighty-six men, women 
and children, — twenty men, thirty-two women, and thirty-four children. 
There are at this time, on this farm, ninety acres in winter grain, eighty- 
five in corn, fifty in grass, seven in garden, two and a half in black-eyed 
peas, twenty-five of white beans, two and a half of corn for horses, and 
one acre in potatoes. 

" Since last fall, ail the cabins, fifteen in number, have been built : with 
four exceptions, they are 16 feet by 14 feet, and ample in height. There 
are upon an average about six persons to each house. Should the 
Freedmen remain here, there will be more cabins erected. Govern- 
ment has disposed of this farm, and the people will have to be removed ; 
but this probably may not occur for two or three years. The condition 
of the Freedmen here is very satisfactory. Their cabins are whitewashed 
outside and in, and all near,ly kept. The people are clean, tidy and 
highly appreciative of the improvement in their condition. Many of 
them escaped from severe masters, and they manifest a degree of grati- 
tude to those who have aided them which I have never seen excelled. 
They are exceedingly attached to their teacher, and fear lest she should 
leave them. She has labored indefatigably, and in a measure successfully, 
for their elevation, and it is their testimony that their condition has been 
greatly improved since she came among them. There is a smaller num. 
ber at this camp than at any other, which gives them a decided advan- 
tage. The standard of morality is high, and they are well cared for. 

"There seems a prevalent want in all the camps of a spot of ground to 
belong to each family where they can raise vegetables for themselves, and 
also to give their homes a more attractive appearance." 

Early in the Seventh month, letters having been received by 
Louisa J. Roberts, depicting great suffering and destitution on 
Mason's Island, she believed that a personal inspection of the 
place without delay was incumbent upon her. On arriving there, 
she thus reported its condition : 

" Gami- Todd, Seventh month 7th, 1864. 

" Dear S., — I am at work in earnest. I have the entire co-operation 
of all the officials hereabout, and think I am in the right place at the 
right time. I wish I could give thee a word-picture of all Sally and I 
have seen and done these last two days. 

" We went over to Mason's Island with both our boxes yesterday, and 
as the doctor went his rounds, we followed him with our dainties for the 
sick. The sights that met our eyes were revolting. The quarters have 
been barracks for aoldiers, and are well ventilated and comfortable, so 



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far as the baildings can make them ; but when that is said all is said. 
The poor inmates are destitute of every comfort, ragged, filthy, and 
lying on the floor ; few of them having even straw. Nearly the half are 
sick, and we might say were actually dying for something they could eat. 
Raw meat, tainted by the extreme warm weather, was lying in sight of 
poor creatures who were in the agonies of death, and raw beans and salt 
pork and beef, that had been issued to those who were too sick to pre- 
pare them for food, or to eat it if prepared by others, were scattered 
everywhere. Piles of rags and dirty clothes lay in every corner, and at 
every place where the poor sufferers found rest for their aching bones. 
We kept a kind-hearted black soldier, who was in disgrace, cutting our 
dried beef all the afternoon ; he became very expert, and shaved it 
nicely enough for our own table. My thirteen pounds of crackers and 
delicate biscuit were exhausted by the time I had gone through all the 
houses, which are, I think, twelve in number. They are long and nar- 
row, like all other barracks. I also distributed my five pounds of choco- 
late. We came home at a late hour, with our minds busy trying to decide 
what we had best attempt to do further for them. 

" Superintendent Nichols is in command. I had a pass from Colonel 
Grfeen, allowing me to go where I please for ten days, from the 5th 
instant. S. and I compared views, and made up our minds how to pro- 
ceed. So this morning we went, as early as we could get off, to Captain 
Brown, who is in command at the Freedmen's Village. He was not in, 
but we found his next in ofiSce, and were glad to discover him to be all 
we could desire. He said we might go over there, and do whatever we 
thought was best. With lightened hearts we left him, promising to call 
on our return, and see Captain Brown. 

"Soon as we reached the Island, I went to the person in command, 
and told him we would like to have a place to prepare food for the sick, 
and that we had the day before found two women who we believed worthy 
of trust, and would do whatever cooking was necessary. 

" He gave us one of the kitchens, put our two cooks on the pay roll at 
$6 dollars per month, had a load of wood hauled, and gave us the control 
of as many men as we wanted. I undertook the supervision of this de- 
partment, while Sally followed the doctor and his assistant through the 
wards, with crackers and beef. The floors were scrubbed, and our cooks 
soon had apples stewed and gruel made, and many a poor famishing crea- 
ture was comforted. 

" I then went into two of the barracks, and ordered all the children 
who could walk to be taken down to the river and thoroughlv washed 
Those who were too sick, I had bathed in tepid water, of which there 
was plenty on our great round stove. Then to each clean child we dis- 
tributed clothing. We set our scrubbers to cleaning the houses ; had 
lime scattered all around outside ; and, feeling we had done all we then 
could do, we had our buggy brought, and started home to Camp Todd, 



stopping to see Captain Brown, who heartily endorses all we have 
done, and promised us all that it was in his power to give. 

'I stopped writing to attend a prayer meeting, held at the house of 
one of the men here, under an arbor^ made of the boughs of the neigh- 
boring trees. They had a good time, and I felt glad to be present with 
them. 1 could write, if I had time, much that would amuse and interest 
you all. We have been so busy that we have not read a paper since I 
came here. AVe heard to-day that you are having stirring times. 

" I do not see how to leave until I have given these poor creatures a 
start. There never was a clearer duty before me than the one that now 
claims my attention. I am perfectly well — find Mason's Island a delight- 
ful place — it is only unhealthy when vegetation begins to decline. It con- 
tains the former residence of Mason, of " Trent" notoriety. When I can 
get the cooks fully underway, give a clean whole garment to every needy, 
ragged, filthy body, and set those who can spell to teach those who can- 
not, I shall feel that I have performed the labor given me to do. Sally 
and the doctor can then supervise, and I am sure the " Executive Board " 
will have done a work they need not be ashamed of; but to do this, it is 
imperative that I remain at least till the middle of next week, and also 
important that I have the material to work with. Without delay, thou 
wilt see the Treasurer, and as many of the "Board" as thou canst. 
Say to M. A. G. that I would like to have two large boxes of children's 
clothing,— boys' pants and shirts, baby slips and frocks, suited to ages 
from three years up to ten and twelve, — not many women's garments or 
dresses, but for girls all that she can gather. 

" For the sick I must have corn-starch, crackers, dried beef, &c. If 
the " Board" can send me money, I can purchase these as cheaply in 
Georgetown as they can be procured in Philadelphia, and save the expense 
and trouble of transportation. We have a boat at our service, and men 
to row across the river to Georgetown. It is making an unusual request, 
but as a member of the " Board," and seeing the need, and knowing these 
things will be the life and comfort of hundreds who will continue to suf- 
fer without them, I urge upon all of you to grant it. I know those iu 
whose care all will be intrusted are worthy your confidence. 

" The exigencies of the military service engross everything now, and 1 
fear it will be almost impossible to get the boxes of clothing. If the 
money is sent for buying nourishment, I can continue my supplies to the 
sick, even though they should suffer for the want of clothes. 

'•To supply the want of crackers to-day, Sally took half of our white 
sugar over to Georgetown, and exchanged it for them. We have enough 
for to-morrow ; after that, will have to depend upon the Friends' aid, &c. 
The corn-meal served out is of the most iul'erior quality. The rest of the 
provisions generally good, except the fresh beef, which I insist shall not 
be served to them while the weather is warm, in which Captain B. (ally 
concurs." •• 



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The Executive Board appropriated ^250 for immediate 
distribution in this locality, and its Educational Committee re- 
moved S. A. Cadwallader from Camp Rucker to Mason's Island. 

In the latter part of the Seventh month, Louisa J. Roberts 
and George W. Robins were appointed by the Executive Board to 
visit Mason's Island and other localities in the vicinity of Wash- 
ington, and, upon their return in the Eighth month, a written 
report was submitted, from which the following is extracted : 

"I found the island more crowded than when I left, a week before. 
The measles had broken out among both children and mothers. The 
promiscuous herding together of men and women in the barracks had 
been forbidden. The doctor had been appointed surgeon of the island, 
and the opening of a hospital sanctioned. 

" All these things were most encouraging, and though so many were 
suffering with measles, other diseases were on the decrease. I do not 
think it is too much to say, that the presence of those on the island who 
manifested a desire to benefit the suffering people there, has, in no small 
degree, assisted in bringing about this change for the better. 

•' Going through the barracks the day after my arrival, and inquiring 
about the necessities of the people, I found that many would gladly sub- 
stitute loaf-bread for the cakes lightened with soda which they were 
using. I went over to Georgetown and bought of a baker a quantity of 
yeast, which I distributed among them. This led to the inquiry of how 
they were to bake it. One old woman said, 'She had no spider; that 
there was nothing of the sort in all the barracks where she stayed.' ' Why 
aunty, how does thee bake thy bread ?' I inquired. ' I rolls it up in de 
ashes,' was the reply ; and it was true. In all that barrack, where more 
than one hundred found shelter, there was not a single convenience 
for baking their flour into bread. The same I found to be true of the 
adjoining one. In each of the others, one or two individuals had spiders 
and Dutch ovens, which were kept constantly in use by the owners and 
others, — many waiting till far in the night to obtain the use of them. I 
thought I could not do a better charity than to purchase several ovens, 
to be kept by responsible women for the use of the barracks. I procured 
nine, at seven cents per pound, making a total cost of $12 22. Colonel 
Green being on the island when they were brought over, I called his at- 
tention to the extreme destitution of the people, especially in their means 
of cooking. He apologized for it by saying that it could not be helped, 
that Government will do for them all that is required, but that it takes time. 

"These poor colored dependents must wait until the soldiers are served. 
They are dying for the hare, necessaries of life, not that there is insuffi- 
cient food provided, for there is an abundance even to wastefulness, but 
the want of means of cooking it properly causes much suffering. 



" In establishing the hospital, Government has provided for all except 
the mothers with newly-born infants. The surgeon asked the aid of your 
Jiourd in funii'shing &n apartment fnr such; without farther consulting 
you, I promised aid, as the outlay will be comparatively trifling. Eight 
bedsteads are all that he asks for ; these to be about three-quarters size. 
The ticks filled with straw are expected to be drawn with the other 
stores. The bedsteads are so much less in price here than at Washing- 
ton, that I have promised to send from here. 

" One thousand garments have been distributed, sent from this and the 
Women's Association, and yet one scarcely sees the good they have done, 
the population on the island is so fluctuating. Every effort is made to 
get homes for all able to work. 

" Hard as is the condition of the people on Mason's Island, the reports 
that come from Memphis represent the Freedmen there in so much 
greater distress, that these seem comfortable in comparison. A lady 
who arrived last week from Memphis, informed me that there is a field 
appropriated to them, and as they arrive in the city they arc taken out to 
this field and there herded together without shelter or any comforts, just as 
a drove of cattle would be disposed of. The mortality among them is 
startling. It is to be hoped that an inquiry may be made, and if things 
are as bad as represented, some steps may be taken to better the con- 
dition of those people." 

The establishment of a temporary Home in this city having 
been recommended for the accommodation of the Freed people 
seeking employment, the subject was referred to a committee, 
which, after investigation, proposed that a building be rented ; 
but the co-operation of Government in furnishing free transporta- 
tion having been declined, and other difficulties arising, after 
further consideration it was concluded to defer definite action. 

In the Ninth month, the subject was again introduced to the 
notice of the Board by a communication from the " Pennsylvania 
Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery," &c., suggesting 
joint action with that Society and the three Freedmen's Asso- 
ciations of this city. A committee of conference was appointed, 
which recommended that the matter should be referred to the 
care of the Abolition Society, with an appropriation, if required, 
of ^100 from our funds. This was approved by the Board. 

In the Eighth month, Margaret Preston was employed to act 
•as teacher or nurse, as circumstances might require, at Mason's 
Island ; and about the same time, Mary McLain was engaged 
as teacher at Gamp Wadsworth. 



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The people on the two farms composing this camp evince a 
desire to support themselves, and they have paid for a considerable 
portion of the clothing distributed among them. 

In the Ninth month the Committee on Supplies was released, 
and Louisa J. lioberts, Macpherson Saunders, George W. Robins, 
Martha Dodgson, Spencer Roberts, Nathan W. Ellis, Joseph M. 
Truman, Jr., and Franklin S. Wilson, were constituted a Sanitary 
Committee, the Board appropriating for their use $500 to be ex- 
pended in hospital stores mainly for Mason's Island. 

By the publication of the following appeal, prepared by them, 
valuable contributions were received and forwarded : 

" Friends' Association, of Philadelphia, for the Aid and Elevation of the 
Freedmen," have co-operated with Government in the establishment of 
hospitals on Mason's Island, where much sickness and great destitution 
now exist. The undersigned, a sanitary committee of said Association, 
solicit from Friends and others, contributions of hospital stores, which 
will be judiciously distributed by nurses and teachers sent out by the 
Association to Mason's Island, (Jamp Wadsworth, and other points in 
the vicinity of Washington. 

" The articles most needed, are dried fruits, such as apples, peaches, 
cherries, plums and blackberries; also blackberry and other syrups, and 
all other articles suitable for the sick and convalescent. 

" Contributions of bed-covering, and clothing for women and children, 
will be very acceptable, as they are greatly needed. Free transportation 
has been granted by Government from Philadelphia. 

" All contributions should be sent to J. & M. Saunders, 34 North 
Fourth Street, Philadelphia. 

Fhila., Ninth month Yllh. 

On behalf of this Committee, Louisa J. Roberts, accompanied 
by Margaret A. Griscom, again visited Mason's Island, and thus 
reported upon their return : 

"After the business of the Sanitary Committee was concluded at their 
meeting, held Ninth month 23d, I proposed to go again to Washington 
for the purpose of laying before the newly-appointed Quarter Master, the 
wants of our teachers and the people among whom they labor, and to 
luok after our boxes sent since his appointment to office in that depart- 
ment. 

"My proposition was accepted, and I lost no time in starting, as our 
interests demanded early attention. 

"We had several satisfactory interviews with Col. Elison. Our teach- 
ers appear to have his entire confidence, and he seems willing to do all 
that lies in his power, to promote their comfort and efficiency. 



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"The conditiDn of the people on Mason's Island is much improved ; 
the great mortality that prevailed during the latter part of the summer, 
has given place to a more healthy condition, attributable to the success 
that has attended our efforts to provide hospital accommodations, and to 
the approach of colder weather. 

" Many cases of sad bereavement claimed our tenderest sympathy, — 
wives, husbands, children, with tearful eyes, answered my inquiries after 
their companions, with these words, ' Dey is gone to de graveyard.' One 
young woman whom I had noticed particularly for her cheerful, pleasant 
smile, and whose devotion to her three little children, had won for her 
my warmest admiration, came to me with such a sad face, that I inquired 
what had happened since I saw her last. 'You knows my children, — 
dey is all gone ; Ise not got one lef ;' was her sorrowful reply. It required 
no apostolic injunction to call forth the tear of sympathy that welled up 
as I listened to her recital, and commended her to that source of comfort 
which had never failed me in the direst extremity. This was not an iso- 
lated case ; I met with several mothers who had sustained similar losses. 
Quite a number of children are still in the hospitals, tenderly cared for 
by our faithful and earnest matron, M. P., whose indefatigable labors are 
acknowledged by all who have intercourse with her. We have the satis- 
faction of knowing that these hospitals, though but just established, and 
wanting yet many essential comforts, are beginning to receive patients 
sent by the department from Washington and Georgetown. 

"A fund has been created from the sale of surplus rations, which will 
be used to supply vegetables, the want of which is sadly felt ; many have 
died of scorbutic affections, after their disease had yielded to medical 
treatment, for the want of proper vegetable diet. 

"The farmer of Camp Rucker deserves thanks for the many generous 
contributions of fruits, &c., he has sent them. If more of the men to 
whom the interests of these freed people are entrusted, were like him, 
their condition would be vastly improved. We were unable, from the 
shortness of our stay, to visit his camp, but were assured that it con- 
tinues prosperous, and the people contented and happy, 

"There is still a great want of drinking water on the island; no efficient 
measures have been taken to provide a sufficient snpply; we made a 
special request that this be attended to without further delay; the whole 
population, teachers and all, have suffered in this matter. From the 
only well where water in any amount can be obtained, those who seek to 
avail themselves of its use must be provided with a rope and bucket, 
requisites not in the possession of all; they who have them not must 
throw themselves on the kindness of the more fortunate ; wrangling and 
contention frequently occur, and the timid are often forced to resort to 
the marshy springs along the margin of the river; all agree that very 
much of the sickness and death that have made such fearful havoc among 
the people, were caused by the impure water they were obliged to drink 



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' We does suffer for water,' said the old doctress, who is installed as 
chief assistant in the women's ward. 'Where are your buckets?' I 
asked ; ' Dey dun give us none,' was her reply. Remembering that a dear 
friend, from whose lips many of us have drank in words of truth that spring 
from the eternal Fountain, had given me a sura of money to purchase 
waterpails, I promised immediate attention, and am glad to record that 
there Avill henceforth be no lack of buckets to hold the water. 

"On returning home, we brought with us fifteen men, women and chil- 
dren, for all of whom good homes have been obtained ; they came on at 
the expense of those employing them. . l. j. r." 

Tenth month 13th, 18G4. 

Early in the Eleventh month, Helen G. Longstreth, accom- 
panied by om* friend, James Mott, visited Mason's Island and 
Camp Wadsworth. Upon their return the following report was 
presented to the Executive Board, and the suggestions therein 
contained were approved ; 

"In company with our friend, James Mott, of the Executive Board, 
I visited Mason's Island, (which is now a Government reception camp,) on 
the 4th and on the 6th inst. We found that the condition of the people 
had improved since the visits of Louisa J. Roberts and Margaret A. 
Uriscom ; several of the abuses, which they had represented to Col. 
Elison, having been wholly or partially relieved. 

" The new school room is large, well lighted and ready for the stoves 
which are promised this week. The discontinuance of the school taught 
by a daughter of the superintendent places all the children under our 
care ; these at present number about one hundred who can be accom- 
modated in this commodious room. 

" The supply of water, although still insufficient, is somewhat greater 
than it has been. Another w-ell has been commenced; we complained 
of its unfinished state to the superintendent, who promised it should be 
finished at once. In our interview with Captain Brown of the Contra- 
band Department, at his office in Washington, this promise was repeated. 

" Government now furnishes some clothing to the most suffering cases 
on the island. 

" The sanitary arrangements are good; cleanliness is apparent through- 
out, and it is evident that the sanitary officer does his duty. He has the 
floors of the barracks cleaned every day, and there was neither rubbish 
uor offal to be seen on the premises. 

"At present there are but four inmates of the hospitals. 

" Not more than four hundred persons are now here ; these are mostly 
women and children. We visited every barrack, and had an opportunity 
for conversing freely with the occupants of each. The countenances of 
a few beamed with pleasure, as they showed us useful articles which they 



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had purcliased, with the proceeds of their paid labor. Some were pre- 
paring their dinners, but the greater number were sitting listlessly around 
the stoves, evidently suffering for want of something to, occupy their 
thoughts and attention. Upon our asking them whether they would like 
to do some kind of work, their faces brightened, and their answers con- 
veyed the idea that anything wouhl be better than idleness, even if they 
received "no pay," but they preferred "pay." The suggestions we thus 
gathered from observation and from conversation with them induced us 
to believe that an industrial school, in which they could be employed in 
making up new, and mending their partly worn, clothing, also receive 
instruction in cutting out, making and mending such, would tend to fit 
them for future usefulness, whilst the idea of labor would be associated 
with their earliest experience of a life of freedom. 

"When we introduced this subject to Captain Brown, we found him 
ready to co-operate with us in establishing a school of this kind ; we of- 
fered to supply one or more teachers, whilst he agreed to provide us with 
a suitable room, and to furnish us with cut out clothing, together with the 
trimmings and implements necessary for making it up. We look forward 
to include in this branch of duties, cobbling, for the men. 

" Captain Brown also told us that Government was unwilling to make 
costly outlays, as the permanency of the camp in this place is doubtful, 
on account of the unhealthiness of the island during several months of 
the year. 

" Both here and at Camp Wadsworth we had opportunities for con- 
versing with separately or addressing publicly nearly every individual in 
the respective camps. In this w^ay we became better acquainted with 
their true condition than through any hearsay evidence which we have 
heretofore been able to obtain ; and whilst their trying situation during 
this period of transition from slavery to freedom, called forth our deepest 
sympathies, we could but feel thankful for their present state of compara- 
tive comfort. 

" We visited Camp WadsAvorth on the 5th instant. Before leaving 
home we had learned that there were but few children at either the up- 
per or lower camp. The present policy of the Government is to find 
homes for all children of suitable age to bind out. Many parents not 
wishing to be parted from their children have left these camps, prefer- 
ring the uncertainties of seeking their own livelihood without the aid of 
Government to the probability of what may prove a permanent separation 
from them. This movement has nearly broken up Lydia T. Atkinson's 
school, and we suggest the transfer of her remaining pupils to the lower 
camp, which is under the care of Mary .McLain, and her removal to Ma- 
son's Island where our school has been so greatly increased. 

" We rejrret this change, as the children under her care had advanced 
rapidly in their studies, and the adults had greatly improved in house- 
keeping. 



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"At the lower camp we foand that our teacher had been equally faith- 
ful in the performance of her duties, but we were much disappointed to 
see that the superintendent had built her a very small cabin, which, judg- 
ing from its loose construction, will barely protect her from the winter 
weather. We called at his house in ordei to direct his attention to this ; 
he was not at home. We had, however, an interview with his wife, and 
from our conversation with her we were led to the conclusion, that if we 
wish to do our work well, we must use our influence to induce conscien- 
tious farmers and their wives to seek such situations as this man holds, 
for unless those who have the care of these Government farms go hand 
in hand with us, and with our teachers, we shall be able to do our duty 
but partially, and throw discouragements in the path of those who look 
to us as their true friends. 

"The greater part of the Freed-people, in these two camps, are earn- 
ing money by cultivating the farms. They are inclined to spend it judi- 
ciously. We, therefore, suggest, that our teachers here be furnished with 
a stock of trimmings and a few other articles in order to form a nucleus 
for a small store in case it should prove desirable to establish one here. 
Now, they are obliged to send nine miles to Georgetown for needles, 
tapes, and similar articles. We should not consider our report com- 
plete without adverting to the obligations which we feel we are under to 
our noble-hearted teachers, who are doing by far the heaviest part of the 
work for us, considering our interests and the interests of the Freedmau 
as paramount, and neglecting their own so far as to be sufferers from 
sickness and discomforts of many kinds. 

•' In our comfortable homes, let us remember them, and seriously ask 
of ourselves whether we are doing all that we might do to evince our 
sympathy for them. 

" In conclusion we would add that we think it advisable for our com- 
mittees, when they visit the camps under our especial care, to visit 
also the camps in Washington, and acquaint themselves with the condi- 
tion of the freed-people in that city, who are endeavoring to support 
themselves without the aid of the Government. We regretted that the 
inclemency of the weather prevented our doing this, 

" It is well we believe for our Association to labor in the Government 
camps at this time. We must not, however, forget that it is equally 
our duty to obtain all the information we can, upon the various modes for 
elevating the Freedman, in order that we may be prepared to work in 
other directions, so soon as it is thought best for us to do so." 

A letter from one of our teachers at Mason's Island gives 
the following interesting information. 

Kleyenth month 23d, 1864.' 
" Our day and night schools are progressing nicely and to our satisfac- 
tion, having over sixty children in attendance. Several women come 



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through the day, and during the two hours we teach in the evening both 
men and women come. They are industrious and quite as apt as we 
have reason to expect. We teach from 10 in tlie morning until 2 in the 
afternoon, with a short recess. Then we have chisses of women in the 
barracks, who cannot leave to go to the school room. This does not occupy 
U8 more than two hours. 

"We hold our night school from 5.J until 7i — forty usually in attend- 
ance. On Third and Fifth-day we have a sewing class for the 
litde girls. Fourth and Seventh-day evenings baing their seasons for 
religious meeting, we omit the school, and occupy the time in writing let- 
ters for the people. 

"The four welcome boxes have arrived. The articles in the last ono 
are very valuable, especially the books, slates, counting balls and letter 
blocks, and we thank you, in the name of the people, for your kindness. 

" When Superintendent Nichols can get material, the boys will be en- 
gaged in work. 'Uncle Cain' is very willing to teach mat making." 

It has been the constant aim of the Board to employ those 
teachers only who enter the work from conscientious motives, 
and with a sincere desire to benefit those among whom they labor. 
From a letter, written to a member of the Education Committee, 
by one of our teachers before entering upon her duties, we ex- 
tract the following : 

" Very earnestly I have sought to be guided aright in this 
matter, to avoid hasty conclusions or mistaken ideas of philan- 
thropy. If my time has not yet come to enter this broad field 
of labor, if other and more efficient workers are at hand to break 
the path for feebler ones to follow, then I will cheerfully with- 
draw, content to possess my soul in patience. I know the respon- 
sibility will be heavy ; it will all be very different from anything 
my life has known ; yet, with divine sanction and assistance, and 
the belief that I was engaged in a sacred work, I liumbly trust 
I should be enabled to discharge my duties faithfully, and be 
sustained through all the trials I might have to undergo." 

The spirit which this extract breathes commends itself to the 
young of our religious society, many of whom have qualifications 
for usefulness in leading the despised descendants of Africa from 
the degradation, consequent on their late enslaved condition, to 
a higher degree of civilization and independence. 

Information having been received by the Board, at its meeting 
on the 7th of Twelfth month, of the destitution of the Freed- 



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people, who had collected on certain farms occupied by Gov- 
ernment, in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, Helen G. Long- 
streth, "who had just undertaken a visit to Mason's Island on 
our behalf, was charged with the duty of inquiring into the eli- 
gibility of this field of labor ; accompanied by our friend, Dill- 
wyn Parrish, she visited Mason's Island, and finding much to 
engage attention at that place, and the modes of conveyance to 
the distant locality in Maryland being laborious and uncertain, it 
was concluded to accept the profi'ered aid of an experienced 
friend of the cause, Emily Howland, who, accompanied by Mar- 
garet Preston, a teacher and nurse in our employ, started at once 
by stage to Charlotte Hall, 40 miles from Washington and about 
eight miles distant from the nearest of the Government farms ; 
thence they proceeded, most of the way on foot, to the places de- 
signated. 

On the first farm they found about 300 people, mostly occu- 
pying the former slave quarters, on what had been the estate of 
the rebel Col. Southron ; at the head of this community were 
Lieutenant O'Brien and his wife. They seemed much interested 
in the welfare of the people, who were wretchedly housed and 
clad, and without schools or any suitable building for the purpose, 
as Lieut. O'Brien has no authority to build one ; he expressed, 
however, a willingness to facilitate, in every way, the object of 
our Association, and intending to put a saw-mill in operation 
shortly, could supply lumber for its value ; colored carpenters could 
be procured, needing only a competent mechanic to superintend 
them. 

At the middle farm, which has a smaller community, a young 
man and his wife, named Wheeler, are stationed, who are much 
interested in teaching, and feel deeply the wants of the people 
which they are powerless to supply. The children are very des- 
titute of clothing ; many suits' of rags and little bare feet are to 
be seen. 

From a letter of Emily Howland we extract the following in 
addition ; " The lower farm, one mile below, is occupied by a Mr. 
Avery, an excellent man for the place, from New Hampshire. 
There is no school-house there, but an unfinished addition to the 
house which, I thought, could readily be converted into a place 



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for a school. Both the lower farms are delightful ; I was so 
warmly urged, bj both colored and white, to remain, and the place 
was so alluring, I would have gladly staid if my word had not 
been given to my flock at Camp Todd." 

The lower farms constitute an immense plantation, some thou- 
sands of acres, w'hich, having been owned by the rebel General 
Forrest, will probably be occupied by Government for a long 
time. In view of the constant arrival of refugees, it seems that 
a field would be opened for us, at these farms, full of need and 
full of promise. In the mean time our friends in New York, hav- 
ing become interested in the same locality, have sent a Committee 
to visit it, and we await their report, intending to cooperate with 
them, if their examination seems to justify it, in the care of one 
or all the farms. Margaret Preston remains at the upper farm 
as our agent, to be of service, especially in the care of the sick. 
The Women's Association have sent one box, and friends in New 
York another, to relieve the immediate necessities of the people. 

It has been the design of this Association, when a favorable 
opportunity presented, to direct its labors to a single community 
of the Frecd-people, establish industrial and other schools, and, 
if possible^ secure them a title to the lands they cultivate, thus 
testing their capacity for self maintenance and improvement. 
Wliether the opening at St. Mary's is favorable for this Avork 
remains to be ascertained ; if it should prove to be so, the coope- 
ration of our friends in New York, %,nd, perhaps, those in Balti- 
more, would give strength and support to the undertaking. 

Our labors at Mason's Island, which have been blessed for the 
benefit and improvement of the large and constantly shifting popu- 
lation collected there, must also continue unabated ; the suffering 
condition of the people, arising from insufficient protection from 
the weather, calls for active and unremitting labors in their 
behalf; the sick also require care, while by the schools, 
maintained on the Island, many are grounded in the elements of 
learning during their short sojourn there. 

We are not insensible to the touching appeals from the more 
distant localities in the South West, and in answer to requests 
from William F. Mitchell, at Nashville, Tenn., we have sent some 
supplies of clothing to be distributed under his supervision. 

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In a letter dated Nashville, Tenn., Twelfth-month 8th, 1864, 
he says ; 

" Never were supplies more needed than now. At least 3000 are 
ramped within half a mile of our lodge to-night, and many of them are 
without bedding of any kind. I have seen to-day 1200 persons living in 
five rooms, without afire in any one of them. 

Fires to cook with were built out of doors, and about them were gathered 
groups of women and children, trying to get warm. They had travelled 
seventy miles, within a week, to find this kind of refuge, escaping the 
bullets of those on their track, to die with exposure here. Every article 
that can be sent is needed. 

Women stood three hours in the cold, yesterday, waiting their turn to 
get warm clothing ; the aged, infirm, crippled, mothers with children, 
and one insane woman, who had lost her reason because one after another 
had been sold from her." 

In contemplating the work before us we are deeply impressed 
with its immensity, embracing not only the relief of the pressing 
physical wants of vast numbers of our fellow beings, but also their 
intellectual and moral culture, that they may be fitted for the new 
responsibilities attendant upon their state of freedom ; and we 
believe that in future labors our best policy lies in limiting our 
sphere to the localities we have named, while any excess of sup- 
plies, over those needed by the communities under our care, may 
be distributed for the relief of suffering elsewhere. 

We thankfully recognize the fact that there are not a few 
of every class and sect in the Northern and Western States, who 
are zealously laboring to pay the Nation's debt to these 
hitherto oppressed people. Some, to feed the hungry, clothe the 
naked, and nourish and comfort those who are ready to perish ; 
others to lift them out of the ignorance and thriftlessness 
consequent on their long-continued servile condition, and to 
illumine their path to freedom and independence by the light of 
civilization. 

The duty of this Association, while it seems to include a 
participation according to its limited means in every branch of 
the work, points especially to the elevation, perhaps of a single 
community only, to a position of independence and thrift, and to 
the removal of the imputation which has so long operated against 



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them, of being necessarily dependent and thriftless, by opening 
to them avenues to honorable and profitable employment, and 
uprooting the unrighteous prejudice which has so long crushed 
their efforts for improvement. 

By the report of our Treasurer, we learn that of the nine 
thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars collected during the 
past year, seven thousand six hundred and twenty have been 
already expended, leaving only about two thousand dollars on 
hand to meet demands likely soon to arise. We would therefore 
urgently appeal to every member of our Religious Society, and 
to all others who are willing to aid in this work, to give freely of 
their abundance. 

The poorest among us has indeed abundance, as compared with 
these objects of our charity ; and to those who have not money 
we would appeal for aid in that wherewith they are blessed. Any 
of our friends, in the country especially, can part with articles of 
the greatest value to these sufferers, without denying themselves 
a single comfort. The appeal comes, however, with the greatest 
force to those who are living in the midst of plenty, who are 
stewards of abundance of this world's goods, and who, as such, 
are responsible to a common Father for the use they make of his 
blessings. 

The Executive Board have been humbled in the retrospect of 
the past year, in view of our deficiencies, and, while we strongly 
commend this great work of Christian benevolence to those on 
whose behalf we have endeavored to administer it, we fervently 
desire that, for the future, we or our successors may prove more 
industrious and worthy laborers in this extensive field, remember- 
ing the declaration of the Divine Master : " He that reapeth 
receiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life eternal, that both 
he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together." 



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Statement of M. SArNDERS, Treasurer of Friends' Association for t7ie 
Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen. 



CASH CONTRIBUTED. 

By Friends and others of this city, 

Trenton, N.J 

" " Middletown, Del., . . . . 

" in vicinity of Middletown M'ly M'ng., . 
Kennett " 

London Grove " 
Camden, Del., " 
West Chester Prep. M'g., 
Bart " 

Newtown " 

Evesham, N. J., " 
Menden and Wheatland 
Prep. Meeting, N. Y., . 
Penns Grove Prep. M'ng. 
Falls Monthly Meeting, . 
Piles Grove Prep. M'ng., 
Darby Monthly Meeting, 
Fallowfield 

Farmington " N, Y., 
Alloways Creek M'ly M'ng, 
Centre, Del., 
llichland Prep- M'ng., 
Bristol 

Marion " 

Buckingham " 
Roaring Creek M'ly M'tg 
West Liberty, Iowa, 
By Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, . , 

" a Friend of Enterprise, Lancaster Co., Pa. 

" Friends and others in vicinity of Nottingham M'ly. M'ng., 

'« " " Plymouth Prep. M'ng., 

" R. A. & S., 

" St, Paul's Church, Doylestown, Pa., 

" Friends of Christiana, Lancaster Co., Pa., 

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PAYMENTS. 



To Women's Association, for clothing, 

" Committee on Education, 

" Sanitary Committee, 
For shoes, printing, and necessary expenses, 



Balance on hand, 



$4800 00 

1142 84 

1416 80 

260 89 



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DISTRIBUTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1864.* 

Box in First month to H. Simmons, Freedmen's Village, containing 
50 garments, furnished by "Women's Association, and 56 pairs of shoes, 
from this Association. 

Third mouth '2d, box to Joseph Dugdale, Prairie Grove, Iowa, 354 gar- 
ments, valued at $380. 

Fourth month 20th, two boxes to Lucy Chase, Norfolk, Va., containing 
789 garments, valued at $792. 

Fourth month 25th, to Camp Rucker, 7 Colton's maps, 1 Smith's large 
U. S. Map, 2 school atlases, 1 writing chart, 2 doz. Wilson's First Reader, 
2 doz. Wilson's Second Reader, 3 doz. Wilson's Speller, 4 doz. Wilson's 
Charts, 1—8, 1 doz. Wilson's Charts, 15—16, 1 pt. liquid slating, 4 doz. 
slates, 200 pencils, 8 brushes, soap, candles, school bell, 1 doz. lamps, 
12 doz. thimbles; 40 spools of cotton, 6 papers needles, 6 pieces tape, 
4 boxes buttons, 1 package dried fruits ; and 134 garments sent from 
Women's Association. 

Fifth month 19th, box to Camp Rucker, containing 2 doz. Madras 
hdk's., 3 pieces of muslin, 3 pieces gingham, 1 piece of print, 2 pieces 
shirting, 1 gross buttons, 8 prs. small scissors, 2 prs. large scissors, 1 pr. 
shears, 1 lb. drab thread, and a donation from Franklin Wilson of 2 gross 
jjant. buttons, 1 boy's shirt, 5 prs. stockings, man's coat, boy's jacket and 
])ants, and a quilt 

Fifth month 28th, to Camp Wadsworth, box containing dry goods 
valued ^90-99. 12 infant slips, 12 girls' dresses, 2 prs. pants, 63 under 
garments, 1 gross thimbles, 2 gross buttons, 3 doz, spools cotton, 250 
needles, one dollar's worth of garden seeds, 1 school bell, 5 brushes, 
stationery, valued at S30.68. 

Seventh month 20th, sent to Mason's Island box containing 447 gar- 
ments, valued at $484.00. 

Ninth month 13th, box to Mason's Island, containing 197 garments, 
valued at $250. 
Eleventh month 11 th, sent to Mason's Island stationery valued at $38.14. 

BOXKS SENT BY SaNITARY COMMITTEE TO MaBON's IsLAND AND ELSEWHERE. 

Ninth month 13th, Box No. 1, of Sanitary Committee, sent to Margaret 
C. Preston, Mason's Island, containing sewing cotton and buttons, 
$5.15, blackberry syrup and Jamaica ginger, $6.70, dried fruit (apples 
and plums), $5.95, dried beef, $7.28 : total value, $25.08. 2 tin water 
pails for Hospital on Mason's Island, purchased with cash donation, $2.00. 

Tenth month 13th, sent Box No. 2 to M. C. Preston, Mason's Island. 
Contents— 1 lb. sewing thread, $2.00, 10 window shades for the General 
Hospital, ($1.50 each,) $15.00, 10 lbs. arrow-root (donated), $8.00, 
1|^ bush, dried fruit, three packages part worn carpet, 14 jars canned 
fruits, 8 cans do., 1 bottle wine, 4 comfortables and quilts, 9 prs. stock- 
ings, (part worn), 2 delaine dresses, (part worn). 

* ExclusiTe of cloth ins distributed by the Women's Association. 



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Box No. 3, sent Tenth month 28th to Margaret 0. Preston, Mason's 
Island. Contents — 23 large packages carpeting (part worn), 1 feather 
pillow, 1 wrapper, 3 prs. children's hose (new), and a package part worn 
men's clothing. 

Box 4, donated by Christiana Aid Society, Tenth month 28th. Sent to 
M. C. Preston, Mason's Island. Contents— 28| yds. flaanel, 3 lbs. stock- 
ing yarn, 20yds. towel linen, 2 shawls, I sack, 4 remnants dress goods, 
13 prs. hose, 2 quilted skirts, thread, buttons, and knitting needles. 

Box 5, from Millville, Pa Sent Tenth month 28th to M. C. Preston, 
Mason's Island. Contents — 9^ lbs. stocking yarn, 13 prs. stockings, a 
quantity of dried fruit, and assorted clothing, amount not specified. 

Box G, from Abington. Sent to M. C. Preston, Mason's Island, Tenth 
month 28th. Contents — 12 quilts, 2 flannel skirts, 20 women's dresses, 
1 boy's suit, 9 children's suits, 1 bed quilt, 7 sacks, 13 shirts, 1 skirt, and 
I part worn dress. 

Box 7, sent Tenth month 28th to M. C. Preston, Mason's Island. Con- 
tents — Hospital stores, viz : canned fruits, 3 jars pickles, 2 bags dried 
corn, 1 bag Lima beans, 1 bag currants, and a quantity of dried apples. 

Barrel of apples sent to S. Cadwalader at same time, donated by Bucks 
County Friends. 

Box No. 8, sent to Mason's Island Eleventh month 25th, from Upper 
Dublin Sewing Circle. Contents — 22 dresses, 9 boys' suits, 1 comfortable, 
and assorted clothing, part worn. Total, 251 garments. 

Box 9, sent Eleventh month 25th to Mason's Island ; from Upper 
Dublin. Contents — 10| lbs. dried beef, 9 lbs. crackers, 3^ lbs. dried rusk 

1 bush, beets and onions, 7 jars pickles, 1 jar peaches, 1 jar catsup. 

Box 10, sent Eleventh month 25th to Mason's Island ; from Bucks 
County, without a list of contents. Contained clothing, to which was added 

2 jars pickles and some part worn carpet. 

Box 11, sent Twelfth month 9th to Wm. F. Mitchell, Nashville, Tenn., 
contained 367 garments, valued at $520. Obtained from Women's Asso- 
ciation. 

Box 12, sent Twelfth month 16th, to Mason's Island, containing dried 
fruit, dried rusk, gingerbread, a quantity of part worn clothing, (all from 
Greenwich, N.J.,) also one large blanket shawl; and 3J- lbs. stocking 
yarn, and 10 sets knitting needles, purchased with the remainder of a cash 
donation to Sanitary Committee. 

Box 13, sent Twelfth month 19th to Mason's Island ; from Christi- 
ana, Pa. Contents — 10 prs. shoes, 14 coats, vests, and pants, 3 wrappers, 

3 women's dresses, 6 children's dresses, 20 prs. stockings, 3 quilted skirts, 
3 small shirts, 6 children's aprons, 6 children's pants, 1 bed quilt,— hats 
and caps, books, spoons, boys' clothing, 2 strips carpet, 5 packages fruit. 

To these were added 1 ham and a package of dried rusk. 

Box 14, sent to Mason's Island Twelfth month 23d, came from Sylvester 
D. Linnville ; contained dried fruit and clothing. Number of garments 
not specified. ^ 



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Box 15, package of bed-covers and part worn clothing, received from Mul 
lica Hill, N. J., for Mason's Island ; valued by donors at $53.00 : sent to 
Mason's Island Tvrelfth month 23d. 1 bbl. dried apples, J bbl. apple 
butter, ^ bbl. pickles. 

Box 16, sent to Mason's Island Twelfth month 23d, contained 340 new 
garments, valued at $540. 

Boxes 17 and 18, sent from Bucks County without a list of contents, were 
forwarded, as requested by the donors, to Mason's Island. 

Box 19, sent First month 4th, 18G5, to Wm. F. Mitchell, Nashville, 
Tonn., for the orphan children between the ages of six and twelve years, 
who are in the schools under his charge. The goods purchased by the 
Sanitary Committee, mostly made by the Bethany (colored) Mission 
School : 55 woolen dresses, 16 kersey jackets, 20 prs. kersey pants, — all 
assorted sizes, — 6 cloth jackets, donated by F. Wilson, 25 part-worn gar- 
ments, and a small package of books. 

Box 20, sent First month 4th, 1865, to Mason's Island. Contents — 
2 pieces of bed tick, 5 lbs. woolen knitting yarn, 1 lb. patent thread, 4 doz. 
prs. children's shoes, 6 prs. part-worn shoes, lot of shoemakers' tools and 
lasts. Besides these, there was sent at the same time one lot of sole leather, 
donated some time since by Samuel J. Levick, valued at $70. 

Expenses incurred in establishing a Lying-in Hospital at Mason's Island, 

Seventh month 20th, 1864. 

Cash entrusted to me for the benefit of the Freedmen at 

Mason's Island, . . . . . $250 00 

From S. Hunt, . . . ,' . 1 00 



Seventh month 12th, Hospital stores. 
" 14tb, Crackers. 

" Fresh meat, 

" 18th, Personal expenses. 

Cash left for the Hospital, 
" 23d, Expended in bread and meat, 

Nine bake ovens, 
Hospital stores, 
" 25th, Crackers and groceries, 

Stamps and paper, 
26th, Cash left with S. Cadwalader for 
Hospital use. 
Passage money for self, and refresh- 
ments for 30 women and children. 6 00 
Eighth month 9th. 8 pr. Bedsteads, at $4.00 per pr.. 32 00 
4 Tables, at $2.00, . . 8 00 

6 Chairs, at $3-00, . . 18 00 





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Eighth month 9th, j^ bbl. Crackers, 

2 prs. window shades, 
" 11th, Furniture check for spread, 

" 24th, Muslin for Hospital use, 

Cash to S. Cadwalader, for sick, 
" 27th, Muslin for Hospital use, 

Syrup and Jamaica Ginger, 

$261 63 
Most of these articles were used before Government furniijhed supplies 
usually granted to newly established hospitals. 

L. J. R. 

In response to the appeal in Ninth month, the following donations 
were received by the Sanitary Committee. 

Ninth month. 10 lbs. arrow-root, valued at $8.00 ; ^ bush, dried apples, 
from Sarah Roberts ; 1 counterpane and clothing, A. K. Parry ; 14 jars 
preserved fruits, A. T, Lang ; peaches, dried cherries, wine, and dried 
apples, P. T. Speakman ; dried peaches and carpeting, L. Seal ; 2 bed 
quilts, K. Hayhurst. 

Tenth month. 1 box assorted goods, mostly in piece, from Christiana 
Aid Association : value, $.^0.00. 1 bbl. apples, from Bucks County, Pa. 
1 box from Abington Freedman's Association. 1 box from Millville, Co- 
lumbia County, Pa. 1 box from Friends of Bucks Co., Pa. 

From Friends in Germantown, the following, viz : 4 qts. dried corn, 
4 qts. Lima beans, bag of dried currants, 8 cans preserved fruits, 3 jars 
pickles, 2 large packages part-worn carpet, 2 large packages part-worn 
clothing. 

' From Friends of Wilmington, one package of part-worn men's clothing, 
and one large package of part-worn carpeting. 

1 bush, dried apples, ^ bush, peaches, from Preston Byre. 

Eleventh month. 2 jars pickles, and a large package of part worn car- 
pet, from Germantown. 2 boxes from Upper Dublin Association, — 1 of 
clothing and 1 of Hospital stores. 

Twelfth month. 1 box clothing and Hospital stores, from M. R. and 
H. B. Dare, Greenwich, N. J. 1 long cloth shawl, from E. Clendennen. 
Dried apples, from Thos. J. Burden. 1 box clothing, from Christiana, Pa. 
Ham and dried rusk, from S. F. Burton, Morrisville, Pa. 1 bbl. dried apples, 
and ^ bbl. pickles, Upper Greenwich, N, J. i bbl. apple butter, and a 
box containing fruit and clothing, from Sylvester D. Linnville. 1 large 
package bed covers and part worn clothing, valued by donors at ^53.00, 
from Mullica Hill, N. J. 1 package, containing 6 new cloth coats for 
boys, from Franklin Wilson. 2 boxes from Friends of Bucks County. 
Feather pillow, carpeting, and sundry articles of women's clothing, 
children's hose, &c., from various other persons in Philadelphia and 
elsewhere, and a cash donation of $10.00. 



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